Markus Schnyder, the long-standing COO of Mikron Switzerland AG, Division Tool, has passed on the baton to Elio Lupica. In recent years, Mikron Tool has enjoyed an exceptional market performance. In the interview, Elio Lupica appears highly optimistic for 2023. Congratulations on your new role, Mr Lupica. Your company achieved another record year in 2022. Can we expect great changes from your management? Markus Schnyder and I have been working side by side for more than 15 years. With (…)

Faced with a complex automation challenge, Bruderer Maschninen Fabrik in Frasnacht found an innovative solution with the system integrator Roth Technik and Fanuc. BRUDERER builds highly accurate stamping machines for a worldwide market with a nominal force of 180 to 2500 kN and a stroke rate range of 100 to 2000 rpm. Their machines are used to produce parts used in watches, electronics, and a variety of other industries. The automation challenge was to load blanks into and remove (…)

What is the best way to connect old machines to new systems? This was the very question that spurred umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, to organize a hackathon in cooperation with the international United Grinding Group. A total of 30 digitalization experts from 17 companies attended the networking event in Steffisburg, Switzerland. The main focus of the hackathon was on bringing together experts to enable the exchange of data between (…)

At EPHJ, taking place from 6 – 9 June 2023 in Geneva (Switzerland), GF Machining Solutions will show which innovations can help watchmakers accelerate their production. GF Machining Solutions will be present at Booth A74 with the Microlution ML-5 and showcases with examples for the company’s capabilities in different technologies. The Laser micromachining solution ML-5 is able to achieve high surface and edge quality thanks to its ability to machine a wide range of materials with no tool (…)

Many production companies are facing a dilemma. Often, the only way that they can survive is to adopt zero-defect manufacturing that offers greater cost-efficiency while using less energy. This can be achieved using intelligent clamping technology – which has now developed into a machine within a machine. It makes use of sensors to detect and correct anomalies and malfunctions. EMO Hannover is supporting the industry as it moves towards zero-defect manufacturing. Exhibitors such as Hainbuch (…)

For years, production costs have been heading in only one direction, that is to say, steeply upward, while the demand is for ever lower manufacturing prices. On top of this, there is a lack of skilled workers. These are the challenges that confront many manufacturers, including WTO, a maker of static and driven precision toolholders. The solution appears to be obvious: a fully automated production hall. In series production, one can always rely on established methods, but for small batch (…)

The Bosch Rexroth company was presented with the prestigious industrial prize, the HERMES AWARD, at the opening ceremony of HANNOVER MESSE by Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This year the jury, chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer Society, awarded the prize for a product geared to the dynamic robotics market. As one of the three nominees, the Smart Flex Effector (…)

As part of a comprehensive systems integration service, Mclennan designs, builds and supplies application customised stepper and servo motor-based motion systems that utilise the high-performance, EtherCAT® industrial Ethernet network. These systems typically harness EtherCAT´s exceptional axis and I/O synchronisation capability to realise easy-to-use multi-axis sub-systems that offer optimal accuracy, greater throughput, and lowered production and development costs. Mclennan works closely (…)

The edgeConnector products and the edgeAggregator from Softing Industrial offer a range of functionalities in version 3.40 that make integration into IT solutions much easier.Edge Products from Softing Industrial facilitate integration into IT solutions (Source: Softing Industrial) The Docker-based software modules of Softing’s edgeConnector product family provide access to process data in SIMATIC S7, SINUMERIK 840D and Modbus TCP controllers. The edgeAggregator, which is also (…)

Emerson will exhibit its extensive range of measurement, control, software and electrical technologies at World Hydrogen 2023, May 9-11 in Rotterdam Ahoy, Netherlands. Our broad portfolio of green hydrogen products and solutions is designed to help you meet the challenges of hydrogen fuel production, distribution and end-use applications. Emerson enables you to build the hydrogen projects of tomorrow with proven, high performance, easy-to-maintain solutions while using data to optimize (…)